'''Registration and fusion of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) of prostate can provide guidance for prostate brachytherapy. However, accurate registration remains a challenging task due to the lack of ground-truth regarding ...'

'''Contrast agents have opened up entirely new possibilities are taking shape for ultrasound, above all in oncology. Following the publication of guidelines on the clinical use of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) by the European Federation of Societies ...'

'''UMC Utrecht researchers in the Netherlands are starting two new projects to treat cancer with image-guided interventions. For one research project, they are using MRI-guided radiotherapy, for the other ultrasound techniques. Their ...'

'''The field of nonlinear acoustics is currently receiving a lot of attention, thanks to applications focused on the improvement of ultrasonic cleaning, ultrasonic welding, sonochemistry, or thermotherapy. Lithotripsy – the demolition of kidney stones ...'

'''Ultrasound - high-frequency sound waves – is used in physiotherapy to accelerate healing of tissue injuries. Ideally, the sound waves should be applied uniformly to the treatment site, but it is well-known that this does not happen in practice. This can ...'

'''Current drug-delivery systems used to administer chemotherapy to cancer patients typically release a constant dose of the drug over time - but a new study challenges this slow and steady approach and offers a novel way to locally deliver the drugs on ...'

'''Newswise — A biomedical scientist at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada is exploring how ultrasound and light can be used to measure the effectiveness of cancer treatment in the early stages of therapy. By comparing high-frequency ultrasound patterns ...'

'''Specialists at Loyola University Health System are the first in the nation to use new ultrasound technology to guide ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF), offering potential improvements in both the precision and safety of this therapy. AF is the most ...'

'''SAN FRANCISCO, CA, September 12, 2008 - The chairman of EUS2008 today announced that investigational research on a therapeutic technique that will allow physicians to directly inject malignant tumors with cancer fighting agents from inside the body will ...'

'''A new device, called a “sonic flashlight,” offers a more efficient method of ultrasound guidance to place catheters in patients that will be used for repeated doses of chemotherapy or other treatments, a preliminary study shows. Ultrasound can be used ...'